#+SETUPFILE: ../../../template/level-2.org
#+TITLE: Session 09 - The Void Room, Again
#+DATE: <2019-11-25 Mon 19:00>
#+AUTHOR: vaeringjar
#+EMAIL: vaeringjar@land
#+DESCRIPTION: Video games that can kill you.
#+KEYWORDS: sins iina ttrpg


* Notes                                                            :noexport:

Back at the Void Room. Just my unorganized notes.

Ork wanted for hacking into Daifin.  Super Big Jerk.


Serial vs Parallel automatic weapon fire.

125k for delivering the comlink

| Denzen  | 17 |
| DM1     | 14 |
| Charles | 13 |
| Ardric  | 12 |

Yellows HP 4 AC 10

Greens HP 8 AC 10

Reds HP 16 AC 14

Necromancer HP 25 AC 15

Gave SBJ 1500 credits.  40k

Note to self: Check out the Hero book kickstarter.


* Meta                                                             :noexport:

We played more of Chapter 8, which overall I had planned as a big
sandbox chapter. We played some parts out of order than my original
intent, and I put that on myself. I think it still flowed well.

He would be be Sammy joined the group this week. Originally I had
intended him to play the massive waves of hostile NPCs, but when I
wasn't sure how quickly or even if we would make it there this game,
so I let him play Charles since their player was away. I also had
asked them to stop by to get his feedback on the game mechanics. We
had a followup conversation over at NWIPA.

We almost had some other guest players this week. Feel free to check
in if you have someone who wants to play.

Also, feel free to send me any feedback about the game.


* Big Mac's Comlink and the Void Room

Still the same morning of the attack on the SPD, PCs Ardric, Denzen,
and Charles received an email from Big Mac's contact while recovering
at HQ. All the characters by this time feeling exhausted but
determined to get to the bottom of things, headed to the Void Room to
meet the anonymous person.

Upon arrival at the Void Room, Denzen found a bounty on a previously
known criminal ork hacker "Super Big Jerk" (SBJ). Denzen noticed SBJ
currently had a 40k bounty (preferably dead rather than alive ) for
cracking into Daifin. With the continued references to Daifin Group
from the police station attack to the MacGuffins, Denzen insisted that
SBJ hand over any details about getting past Daifin security in case
they needed it later. SBJ felt threatened but willing to do whatever
Denzen wanted as long as it meant not the bounty. Charles did his best
to intimidate SBJ and though he didn't manage to scare SBJ, it
distracted him long enough so that Ardric was able to setup a
countdown trigger so that if he didn't cooperate, the authorities
would know to look for him at the Void Room.

Our heroes continued to search around the Void Room for their contact
related to Big Mac's comlink. Eventually they figured out it was Big
Cheese again. She offered them 100k total which Charles negotiated up
to 130k. But then after agreeing to the terms, Big Cheese and her mob
of combat drones forced our heroes into a VR game to unlock Big Mac's
encryption via a backdoor that he had left behind in case he ever had
to rely on Big Cheese for help. Everyone reluctantly joined the game
and Big Cheese took the comlink while the group played the game.

The VR game was a survival game where infinite rounds of undead
vikings attack and respawn with the occasional necromancer. Eventually
the heroes figured out the secret to winning by occupying the center
of respawn, eg the enemy's base.

Big Cheese paid up and then vanished. She was never actually present
at the Void Room, only a hologram.

After Big Cheese left, the PCs spoke with SBJ again to find out what
he'd retrieved for them. SBJ begged for mercy in his own way and
spilled the beans that his fame for cracking in Daifin was actually
due to his contact on the inside and not due to any particularly
clever security workaround. SBJ said his contact goes by the alias
"Other Big Jerk" on the web and that they could contact them
directly. Denzen got SBJ's word that they could call on him if they
needed more help and SBJ agreed since anything seemed better than
dying from a bounty.

The PCs then returned to HQ to get some needed rest.


** Summary

- The group delivered the comlink to Big Cheese who forced them into
  playing a VR web game to unlock Big Mac's encryption on company
  secrets.
- The group tracked a bounty, Super Big Jerk, but let them go in order
  to get two new contacts.
